Brown tabby kitten has clearly had enough of our nonsense.
Sweet dreams, friends.
Look who I finally met in person today!!! Local K-W author Vanessa Ricci-Thode
@vriccithode.bsky.social was the first self-published author to win a Nebula Award from the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association (SFWA). You can find her books at Indigo! thodestool.ca/books
Uber drivers in Victoria are the first app-based workers in Canada to have a collective agreement.
I spoke to @thelawofwork.bsky.social and @verosioufi.bsky.social about what's in it — including the clause that could be key to building gig worker power in BC
pressprogress.ca/uber-drivers...
OB-GYNs release their own vaccine schedule, rejecting RFK Jr.'s meddling arstechnica.com/health/2026/...
Thirteen other medical groups have already endorsed the independent schedule.
arstechnica.com
Labour experts say the union's contract reins in Uber's 'largely unfettered authority to do whatever it wants'
Ophelia the Swan (Victoria Park, Kitchener) is currently sitting on some eggs!!
Please discourage your children from interfering with the nests of swans, geese, ducks, etc at the park.
Observe from a distance and use quiet voices.
Do I regularly have pretend banana-phone conversations with my students using actual bananas while on lunchroom duty?
Why yes, yes I do.
Two Pride Celebrations in one day? Challenge accepted.
Thank you to all of the amazing volunteers who made #WoolwichPride in Elmira and #GrandRiverPride in Cambridge such fabulous events today!!!
Kimiko Shibata
Kimiko Shibata
Sending love to the folks in Belfast who are feeling scared right now, especially any newcomer refugee families who already had to flee violence and persecution. This is not okay. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Kimiko Shibata
I worry about anyone who says our public healthcare needs to be more “competitive”.
Public healthcare is not a business competing for market share. It is a public investment that pays dividends in healthier people, stronger communities, and a more equitable society.
globalnews.ca/news/1190427...
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Emma Arkell
Register now to save your seat in my @etfoeducators.bsky.social Summer Academy course for classroom teachers and ESL/ELD/MLL/EAL elementary teachers (K-8). Get tons of free resources that you can use right away with your students.
Spots are filling up quickly!
Events.etfo.org
#ETFOSA
Kimiko Shibata
Jennifer Ouellette
A woman who has been living in NI for a year says she feels unsafe and scared following recent violence.
Eric Lombardi, who launched his leadership bid last week, has been receiving support from a range of political voices, including many who say they've never voted Liberal
